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>>> Norton said installing speeding and red light cameras can also be effective if they work properly. Adding bike lanes can also keep drivers more alert on the road.

You know what else works? Making learning how to drive a requirement for getting a drivers license. Other countries that have tried this have had good success.

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And consistently revoking driving privileges from those that fail to observe the rules.

> You know what else works? Making learning how to drive a requirement for getting a drivers license. Other countries that have tried this have had good success.

Where is “learning how to drive” not a requirement?

Everywhere I have lived in the US.

Weird. Everywhere in the US I’ve lived one must obtain a permit, behind the wheel hours, a driving school (private or public school). Then there is a test for permit, and then another 2 part test before a drivers license is obtained.

I’ve lived all over the US and it appears to me to the be standard. Where have you lived within the US that deviated from this standard?

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